Automobile cover-adjuster.



G. F. VON MOOS.

AUTOMOBILE COVER ADJUSTER. APPLICATION nun) MAY 7, 1913.

1,108,951. Patented Sept. 1,1914.

Gear-ye 1? Van Moos.

INVENTOR ATTO RN EY THE AURRIS PETERS CQ. PHUTU-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. C.

i To all whom it may concern:

GEORGE E; volvivioos, or CHICAGO, 'iLmnors', ssreuoitflor onE-rrririn' 'ro EDWARD,

,; ,G. SIGGERS,F'WASHINGTQNLDISTRIQT OF COLUMBIA;

UTOMOBILE 'covEE-AnJns'rER. Q

Be'it known that I, GEonGE F, on Moos, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented anew and useful Automobile Cover-Adjuster, of which 'the following is a specification.

1'40. or storm rather ithan attempt xt'oazfraise *giThis invention has reference to improvements in adj ust'ers" for automobile covers, al though adapted to. other vehicles, and its.

object is to provide means whereby an automobile cover may -be' moved from the lowered to the raised'po'sition, "on thereverse, by asingleperson withoutaid. a

Automobiles of the larger type withtoure ing bodies are usually provided with a cover: of such extent {as to overhang both'the rear and front :seats';=*;while. the only relatively permanent connection 'ofthe coverwith the vehicle body is by fwayofthosebows which are-fast tolthe bodyadj'acent the irear seat,

the front bow or bowsbeing customarily deal tached from the front 'bracketswhen it :is desired to lower the top or cover, in which casevthe whole veh'icle t'op" is lodgedto the rearfof the back seat; The result ofwthis construction is that on a touringcar the vehicle top is a structuredifiicult to handle eX- c'ept there be a persononieachzside'ofthe body to'lift the ,top fromboth sides simulei taneously. This, While an efiicient method,

is not always possible from lack of help, and it becomes an awkward and" tiresome pro-i ceeding to raise or lower,v.an'd particularly to raise 'the top when but one person is dificulty, it often transpires that the cowthe top;

-' By the present invention there is vided' a'devicewhich may be of a'ch'aracter. tobe re adily stored in the storage compart-- 111entbf the vehicle and which "may: also be readily applied to the frontbow ofthe top in a manner permitting the readym'anipula tion' ofthe entire top by a single person to from the brackets and ease down the: top to the lowered positionwithout-fatigue or awkwardness. 4 "The'invention"will' be available for the purpose. Because of this raiseit" to the extended position and? apply the lower ends of the front bowito' the; nsual brackets or to "remove thef front bow *best' understood dle suchfa top toieithr raise or lower it,

standing that while the drawings show apractic al embodiment of the linventioii,; the latter is; not-confined to any strictconform ity with; the showing of thedrawings, but

may' rbe ii'changed and modified so; long as such'rflchanges, and modifications mark no ma- Patented'sept'. "1, 1 91 4 i I jfroma izconsideration,ofthe following r de teriali departure fromzthesalient-features of theinvention; ,r

*vIIrQthedrawings :Figure 1 is: a perspective view iof a fragment ofatouringcar body of: an, automobile with the top the partially collapsed position and showing the 'inven'tion'applied. -.Fig."2 is: a longitudinal; section of a structure embodying thevinven- 'tion with. isomepartsbroken and other parts shown In elevation. Fig. 3 is a sidecview 10f one of the terminal eye 1blocks shown in F1 g...2. Fig., 4 is a section on theline l4 ofFig. 2with distant parts omitted. x

Referringto the drawings, there-is shown 1 vehicle-body l which may be, taken as typi- Zcal of any suitable rvehicle 'body,"andxas indicati ve of a touringi-carbody of an automojbile,-although=it may. represent anybther ,suitabl'ef vehicle 'body, 'but'gsince f the present i invention has a greater extent of use in"con' nection with a automobiles it will ibe con :sideredun its application thereto throughout :the following description without, however, thereby lirniting the use oflthejinvention to the particular type ofvehicle'- 'r- The body lis providd with a top Qwhich- I is indicated 'in the'drawings as following: the

iusualilines ot 'a top designed fora touring -car body of an automobile; Such top iscusj tomarily provided; with rear; =bows I 3 havingpermanent; pivot oonnectionwlth rear brack= etsi l that'is, so long as the top=rernains on lthefbody the rear bows 3 remain attached to the brackets 4; The top is furthermore provided'withifront bows '5, which may include a canopy, bow 6 and the terminal portions of "the bow 5 are related to front brackets 7 :onthebody 1 in a'manner to be. applied to these bracketsor removed therefrom in ac- Qcordanceqwith whether it is desired to have the top in the elevated or inthei lowered position. iSuch a structure is; a very clumsy structure for .one person to handle, and 1t H is customary for at least two personsto han-h The front bows 5 have at each free end a laterally projecting pin 8 designed to engage the bracket 7 which is formed with an eye 9 for the purpose, the pin 8 extending through the eye 9 and being there fastened in any suitable manner as by a cotter pin.

By the present invention there is provided a device which may be applied to the pins 8 of the bow 5 111- a manner to extend'from one pin 8 to theother, so that the bow 5 and the corresponding endof the top may be manipulated from an intermediate portion of the connecting device, and, therefore, be

' raised and lowered by a single person. This a connecting device as shown in the drawings comprises an elongated member 10 and anothere-longated member 11 'which may telescope-in the member 10, while at one end of the'member 10 there is a block 12 and at one end of the member 11 there is .a, block tions that end of, the member 10 receiving the member 11 is externally screw threaded as indicated at 16, and a nut 17 is applied tothis screw threaded end. Moreover, the threaded end is slit longitudinally, asindica-ted at 18, preferably on opposite sides, al though this is .notobligatory, and: the nut 17 may have a slight taper, sothat asithe nut isscrewed upon the threaded end -.16

the'latter will be slightly collapsed, asper mitted by'the slits 18, and bind firmly on the tube 11. Each block-12 and13 has an anglerarm 19 at the free end of which there is formed an eye 20 of a size to receive the;

corresponding pinj8 and the eyesz20 are lo-. cated approximately the same distances from the-longitudinal axis ofthe connecting member made up of thetubes '10 and 11. By

millingthe exterior of the nut 17, it isread ily manipulated by thehand ofthe operator and sufficient force may be applied to cause the clamping of the tubes as tightly asde sired.

Suppose the vehicle top is down,'the tubes or hollow rods 10 and'll are adjusted so that the eyes 20 may be passed overt-he pins 8 until the ends 19 are brought against the.

free ends of the'bow, and then by tightening the nut 17 or by simply holding the tubes 10 and l'ltogether in .the hands of theoperator the top may be moved forwardly by a person standing withinuthe vehicle body between the sides of the mp'ana pushing it forward the same as is done by two persons on opposite sides of the vehicle usually out side the latter. lVheii the vehicle top has been fully extended the tubes 10 and 11 may be drawn out sufliciently to release the eyes 20 from thepins 8 and the latter are-then readily introduced into the eyes 9 of the brackets? to be fastened in place, as is custo mai'y. To lower the top, the pins 8 may be withdrawn one at a time from the respective eyes 9 and the eye blocks 12 and 18 applied and after the tube 11 has been telescoped into the tube 10' sufliciently the two tubes may be clamped together, thus'permitting already handling of the top for lowering. lVhile the members 10 and 11 are indicated in the drawings as tubes, they may be otherwise constructed, but usually tubes will be found advantageous over other constructions. v 1 1 What is claimed is 1. A manipulating member for tops or covers of vehiclescomprising a telescoping rod or bar having the ends provided With angle eye extensions adapted to the pivot pins of the front bow of a vehicle top. A

2. A- manipulating member for tops of vehicles having bows designed to be freed from their supports, comprising an extension member of a lengtl'i'to reach between the freed ends of the vehicle-top bowandprovided with means constructed to temporarily secure the extensionmember to said bow. 3'. A manipulating member for tops ofveihicles 1 having bows designed to be freed :from their supports, comprising an exten- ,sion 'member'of a; .length to reach between the freed ends of thesvehicle top bow and provided withimeans for engaging said ends- 1 to temporarily secure the extension member thereto, said extension member consisting of two telescoping members in telescoping relation and provided with terminal eye blocks each projecting at an angle to thelongitudinal axis of the extension member.

1. A manipulating member for tops of ve liicles having bows designed to be freed from. their supports, comprising an extensio'n member of a length to reach between the qfreed ends of the vehicle top bow and provided with means for engaging said ends to temporarily secure the extension member thereto, said extension member cons sting of two tubular members telescoping one in the other and provided with terminal eye blocks each projectingat an angle to the longitudi nal axis of the extension member, the outer tubular member having the end receiving the other tubular member split longitudinally and exteiiorly threaded, and a clamp nut applied to the threaded portion.

5. The combination with a vehicle top or cover of bow construction, of an extensible ,ina'nipulating member extending across the top between the. ends of the front bow thereof and provided with angle and extensions engaging the pivot pins of the said front bow.

6. The combination with a vehicle top or cover of bow construction, of an expansible manlpulating memberextending across the top between the ends of the front how thereof, and having its ends constructed to de-,-

15 ing ends constructed to temporarily engage the pivotpins of the front bow of the vehi-. oletop. r H

8. In a vehicletop adjuster, a transferring bar adapted to be placed transverse of the vehicle body, the said bar being made in 20 sections, the end' sections a being provided With eyes for the reception of the pivot pins 7 of the front bow of the vehicle to In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. GEORGE F, VON MOOS. Witnesses: Y i p GEo. HALL, 7

Louise Os'rER oscH.

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